Union Minister Smriti Irani said in a post on X, "11th March 2024: A Historic Day as CAA becomes a Reality with Modi Ki Guarantee!" Irani said the day will go down in history, adding the CAA was envisioned by the Modi government to ensure Indian citizenship to Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians who have faced persecution in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh due to their religious beliefs and arrived in India before December 31, 2014.
Opposition parties on Monday slammed the Centre for notifying the rules for the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, alleging the BJP was trying to divide society and polarise the atmosphere ahead of general elections, even as the ruling party hailed it as a "historic" decision that fulfils the promise made by the makers of the Constitution.
Reports suggest out of the 56 candidates, 53 are projected to secure their seats without facing opposition. The NDA is poised to secure 31 seats, while the Congress is likely to retain 10 seats.
There are seven ministers — Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Mansukh Mandaviya, Parshottam Rupala, Narayan Rane, V Muraleedharan, Dharmendra Pradhan, and Bhupendra Yadav — whose term is nearing an end in the Rajya Sabha, but they have not been re-nominated by the BJP
Many senior BJP leaders and outgoing Rajya Sabha MPs, including seven Union ministers such as Dharmendra Pradhan and Bhupender Yadav, have not been renominated by the party for the biennial Rajya Sabha polls.
Many senior BJP leaders and outgoing Rajya Sabha MPs, including seven Union ministers such as Dharmendra Pradhan and Bhupender Yadav, have not been renominated by the party for the biennial Rajya Sabha polls amid strong indications that several of them may contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.